Covering climate change
The content below was created by Media Helping Media (MHM) as part of the Fojo Media Institute's contribution to the AGILE project, which is a partnership of seven global organisations. The project aims to enhance independent journalism worldwide, particularly through innovation and tools. More than 2,000 students from approximately 30 universities in 13 countries will participate in the project. Below are the resources created by MHM for the 'Closing the climate coverage gap' strand of the initiative. The project runs from 2025 to 2028.
Closing the climate coverage gap
Workshop: Climate change
This workshop explores how journalists covering climate change need to maintain a neutral stance and avoid appearing as an advocate or campaigner.
Lesson: Covering climate change
Reporting on climate change poses a series of significant challenges to journalists. The subject is highly topical, highly controversial and involves complicated scientific research.
Causes of climate change
Journalists need to be aware of the danger of providing false equivalence and false balance when covering news stories – particularly regarding climate change.
Covering climate change
Reporting on climate change presents journalists with major hurdles, as it's a topical, controversial subject rooted in complex scientific research.
Climate change – tone and language
Climate change is a complex and urgent story, demanding careful consideration of tone and language from the journalists covering the issue.
Climate change glossary
The following is a list of some of the common climate change terms used by scientists, environmental agencies, governments, activists, and journalists.